Display-rack.



A. E. MILLER.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I913.

1,176,717. Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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UNITED $TATES PATENT OFFICE,

ANDREW E. MILLER, OF'IBALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 SOLOMON HIMMEL,OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Application filednugustczl, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, ANDREW E. MILLER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Baltimore,,in the State of Mary land, have inventednew and useful I-mprovements in Display-Racks, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in display racks for garmentsand th-elike.

It; is now common practice to mount a retatable rack upona suitablecarriage or other support, arranged to move back and forth within aninclosing casing. The ma- Jon portion ofthe casing is usuallyconstructed of glass, and if the garment supporting bars of" the rackare not placed in proper alinement with the backof the case, beforebeing pushed backthereinto, thereis danger of breaking-or'cracking theglass. I

have found however in practice, that the weight of the garments or thelike upon the rack is such that ordinarily the rack will not be rotatedin'its rearward movement, if

' it is first brought intoproper alinement;

The object ofthe present invention is to provide means for preventingrearward movement of the rack and its carrier until the garmentsupporting bars have been brought to a positionparallel with the rearwall of-the case.

A, further objectis-to-provide means for set forth, andparticularly-pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawing zeFigure 1 its-a plan view illustrating myinvention, portions: of the: case being broken away. Fig. 2 is asectional view onpthe line 2-2; of Eig. 1. Fig.- 3 is-a si'milarviewillustrating the locking of the parts during the rotation of the rack;Fig. 4a is a similar view illustrating themeans for disengaging the,lock,

Referringrto the drawing, 10 designates a case of any suitable orpreferred construe- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 785,892.

tion, the bottom of which isprovided with a chamber or channel 12, theupper edges of which are provided with; guides 13 between which thecarriage 14 is mounted to reciprocate. Said carriage is provided with atubular bearing 15 in which is rotatably mounted a shaft 16 which isdesigned to support the garment supporting bars or rods usually employedin display racks of this type, and which are not here illustrated.Secured to the shaft 16 is a disk 17 provided with notches 18 to receivea roller 19 carried by a lever 20 pivoted to the carriage at 21, saidroller being held normally. in engagement with the periphery of the disk17 by a spring 22. The relative arrangement of the notches 18 and,roller 19 is-such that said roller tends to hold the disk 17 and shaft16 against rotation, the spring 22 yielding to permit the roller 19 toride out of the notch 18 when suitable pressure is applied. to the shaft16, tending to rotate thesaine. These notches are also so shaped that asthe roller 19 engages either of them the disk 17 iscentered so as tohold the garment supporting bars (not shown) in proper alinement withthe walls of the case.

'Pivotally mounted in suitable bearings25 supported in the channel orchamber 12 near the-forward edge of; the case is a locking member 26provided with a shoulder 27 and; a reanwardly extended off set portion28 provided with an upstanding lug 29. A spring 30 tends to hold saidlocking member 26 ini a normally upward position. The off set portion 28and the shouldered portion 27 are connected "by an inclined cam surface31; i i The carriage l tis provided, with a depending lug 32 arranged tocooperate with thedetentor locking member 26. The disk 17 is alsoprovided with. oppositely disposed depending lugs 33 arranged toengagethe lug 29 on the detent or looking member 26.

. In practice asthe carriage is moved from the rearward position within.the case to theforward position illustrated, in Fig. 1, the lug32'willv, engage the cam portion 31 of the detent 26 and depressthe samein opposition to thespring, until said lug passes the shoulder 27. Asthe lug passes said shoulder, one of thelugs 33 on disk 17 engages thelug 29 and holds the detent depressed until the parts reach the positionillustrated in Fig. 2. When the Sam e and the disk l7 are rotated theforward member 33 moves away from the lug 29 as illustrated in Fig. 3,whereupon the detent 26 will cooperate with the lug 32 to interruptrearward movement of the carriage; This rearward movement, except to aslight'extent, is prevented during the entire rotation of the rack, oras long as the garment supporting bars of the latter are out ofalinement with the walls of the case. As soon as the garment supportingbars are brought into proper alinement, the parts again assume thepositions illustrated in Fig. 2, the roller 19 and the notches 18tending to automatically right the disk to this position. When the partsare in the pos1- tions illustrated in Fig. 2 the slight rearwardmovement of the carriage that is permitted, causes the lug 33 toengage-the lug 29 and depress the detent suflioiently to permit theshoulder 27 to clear the lug 32, whereupon the carriage may continue itsrearward movement without impediment. It will be noted that the lug 32is spaced sufficiently from the shoulder 27 to permit the necessarypreliminary rearward moveinent for effecting the unlocking of'thecarriage.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described anoperative manner of constructing and using the same, although withoutattempting to set forth all ofthe forms in which it may be made, or allof the forms of its use, what I claim is 1. As an improvement in displayracks, a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable rack supportedvthereby,means for interrupting reciprocation of said carriage, said meansbeinglocated near one extremity of the movement of the carriage, andmeans attached to and movable with the rack and actuated by a movementof the carriage in one direction ifor. disengaging said carriage fromsaid interrupting means, said'disengaging means being operable atpredetermined points in the rotative movement of the rack.

2. As an improvement in display racks, a reciprocable carriage,avrotatable rack member supported thereby, means for interruptingreciprocation of said carriage, said means being located near oneextremity of the movement of the carriage, and means operated by arearward movement of the carriage for disengaging the latter from saidinterrupting. means, said disengaging means being operable atpredetermined points in the rotative movement of the rack.

3. As an improvement in display racks, a carriage, abasein which saidcarriage is mounted to reciprocate, a detent pivoted to saidbaseto'interrupt reciprocable movement of the carriage near one extremity ofitsmovement, and means operated by a re-v turn movement of the carriagefor disengag ing the latter from said detent, said disengaging meansbeing operable, when the rack is at predetermined points in its rotativemovement.

Q. As an improvement in display racks, a reciprocable carriage, arotatable rack supported thereby, means for interrupting reciprocationof said carriage, said means being located near one extremity of themovement of the carriage, means connected with the rack and operated bymovement o'fthe carriage in one direction for disengaging said carriagefrom said interrupting means, said disengaging means being operable atpredetermined points in the rotative movement of the rack, and means forcausing said rack member to'assume a predetermined position to rendersaid disengaging 'means operative. r i

5. As an improvement in display racks, a carriage, a base in which saidcarriage is mounted to reciprocate,'a detent pivoted to said base tointerrupt reciprocable movement of the carriage near one extremity ofits movement, means operated byai return movement of the carriage fordisengaging the-latter from said detent, said disengaging means beingoperable when the rack is at predetermined points in its rotativemovement, and means for'normally holding said disengaging means inoperative relation with said detent.

-6. An improvement in display racks comprising a reciprocable carriage,a rotatable carriage member supported thereby, a pivoted detent arrangedto interrupt move? ment of said carriage near oneextremity of itsreciprocation, means attached to said rack member for disengaging saiddetent when the rack member is at predetermined polnts 1n lts rot'atlvemovement, said disengagementbeing effected by a movement of the carriagein one direction, and means for normally holding said dlsengag ng means111 operatlve relation wlth sald detent,

prising a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable rack member supportedtherebyja pivoted j An improvement indisplay racks com:

for engaging the free end of the detent to move thelatteragainst thetension of its spring, said disengagement being e'fiected by a movementof the carriage in one direction, said means being operable when therack member is at predetermined points in its rotative'movement. v i V8. An improvement in displayracks comprising a reciprocable carriage, arotatable rack member supported thereby, a pivoted detent arranged tointerrupt movement of said carriage near one extremity of itsreciprocation, said detent being'provided with an ofi'set portion havinga lug, a spring acting against said detent, means attached to said rackmember for engaging said lug to move said detent when the rack member isat predetermined points in its rotative movement, said engagement beingeiiected by a movement of the carriage in one direction, and means fornormally holding said engaging means in operative relation with saiddetent.

9. As an improvement in display racks, a reciprocable carriage, arotatable rack supported thereby, means for interrupting reciprocationof said carriage, said means being located near one extremity of themovement of the carriage, a disk attached to said rack member, and meanscarried by said disk for disengaging said carriage from said lockingmeans, said disengagement being effected by a movement of the carriagein one direction, said disengaging means being operable at predeterminedpoints in the rotative movement of the rack.

10. An improvement in display racks comprising a reciprocable carriage,a rotatable rack member supported thereby, a pivoted detent arranged tointerrupt movement of said carriage near one extremity of itsreciprocation, a disk attached to said rack member, and lugs carried bysaid disk for moving said detent to release said carriage, when the rackmember is at predetermined points in its rotation, said lugs beingbrought into engagement With said detent by a movement of the carriagein one direction.

' 11. An improvement in display racks Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

comprising a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable rack member supportedthereby, a pivoted detent arranged to interrupt movement of saidcarriage near one extremity of its reciprocation, the free end of saiddetent being provided With a lug, and a disk attached to said rackmember and provided with depending lugs arranged to engage the lug ofsaid detent to release the carriage at predetermined points in therotative movement in the rack member, said lugs being brought intoengagement with said detent by a movement of the carriage in onedirection.

12. As an improvement in display racks, a reciprocable carriage, arotatable rack supported thereby, means for interrupting reciprocationof said carriage, said means being located near one extremity of themovement of the carriage, a disk attached to the rack member andprovided with means for disengaging the carriage from said locking meansat predetermined points in the rotative movement of the rack, said lugsbeing brought into engagement with saiddetent by a movement of thecarriage in one direction, and means cooperating with said disk to causesaid rack member to assume said predetermined positions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ANDREW E. MILLER.

Witnesses:

HEAMAN D. HINTEMERCH, JACOB R. EADER.

Commissioner of Patents,

